Adjustable closure for undergarments



Jul 21, 1925. 1,546,518

S. F. SWANTEES ADJUSTABLE CLOSURE FOR UNDERGARMENTS Filed Aug. 2, 1922 Patented July 21, 1925.

SAMUEL F. 'SWAINTEES, OLE ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

ADJUSTABLE CLOSURE FOR UNDERGARMENTS.

Application filed August 2, 1922. Serial No. 579,150.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL F. SwANTnns,

a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Adjust-able Closures for Undergarments, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. 1

This invention is in the way of an adjustable closure for the combined frontal ant back plackets or crotch openings in the trunk of the ordinary undergarment or union suit; and the object is to provide such closure in a form wherein either of the said openings may be readily elongated, at front or back, as desired, without the need of manipulating any buttons or other fastenings.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a frontal view of an undergarment constructed in accordance with this invention.

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view.

This invention consists in providing for the usual form of under-garment, as repre sented at 1, the same having coml ined or continuous frontal and rear plackets or openings in the trunk at the crotch, as rep resented at 2 and 3, respectively, an adjustable closure represented at l, made up of two sufi'iciently broad bands 5 and 6 dis posed diagonally and intersectingly across the said combined openings of the garment, and having their respective ends suitably sewed or otherwise attached to the respective opposite sides or parts 7 and S ofthe garment at or near the said openings. The bands 5 and (5 are not secured together at their point of intersection 9, but are here left free to pass over one another. It is now obvious that by merely adjusting this point of intersection 9 forwardly or backwardly,

as desired, either the rear opening 3 or the wearer of the garment.

While I have herein described a certain specific method of constructing and assembling the elements of my invention, it is understood same may be varied in minor details, not departing from the spirit of my invention as defined in the appended claim.

I claim In an undergarment of the ordinary con struction, having combined front and back crotch openings, an adjustable closure for the said openings consisting of an attachment comprising two separate bands cisposed diagonally and intersectingly across the said combined openings and attached only at their ends to the garment, each of said bands extending from the front of the garment to the back thereof and having both of its side edges free between its attached ends whereby the two bands are adjustable between their ends to provide an elongated opening at either the front or back of the garment without manipulating any fastening device and normally substantially cover the said openin s.

SAMUEL F. Witnesses:

ADELE K. Donne, ANNE A. BULrAs,

swaurnns. 

